diff --git a/srcpkgs/openjdk7-bootstrap/files/openjdk.future.patch b/srcpkgs/openjdk7-bootstrap/files/openjdk.future.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d10df20cde0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/openjdk7-bootstrap/files/openjdk.future.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+fixes build failure
+
+--- jdk.orig/make/tools/src/build/tools/generatecurrencydata/GenerateCurrencyData.java
++++ jdk/make/tools/src/build/tools/generatecurrencydata/GenerateCurrencyData.java
+@@ -283,8 +283,8 @@
+             checkCurrencyCode(newCurrency);
+             String timeString = currencyInfo.substring(4, length - 4);
+             long time = format.parse(timeString).getTime();
+-            if (Math.abs(time - System.currentTimeMillis()) > ((long) 10) * 365 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000) {
+-                throw new RuntimeException("time is more than 10 years from present: " + time);
++            if (Math.abs(time - System.currentTimeMillis()) > ((long) 50) * 365 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000) {
++                throw new RuntimeException("time is more than 50 years from present: " + time);
+             }
+             specialCaseCutOverTimes[specialCaseCount] = time;
+             specialCaseOldCurrencies[specialCaseCount] = oldCurrency;
diff --git a/srcpkgs/openjdk7-bootstrap/template b/srcpkgs/openjdk7-bootstrap/template
index 745974dc720..03d91bebf49 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/openjdk7-bootstrap/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/openjdk7-bootstrap/template
@@ -97,9 +97,10 @@ post_extract() {
 	# distrib patches are relative to wrksrc
 	for patch in $(cat ${FILESDIR}/dist_patches_${XBPS_TARGET_LIBC}.txt); do
 		case "$patch" in
-			icedtea-*.patch) cp ${FILESDIR}/$patch ${wrksrc}
+			icedtea-*.patch) cp ${FILESDIR}/$patch ${wrksrc};;
 		esac
 	done
+	cp ${FILESDIR}/openjdk.future.patch ${wrksrc}
 }
 
 # we need to set up these vars for both configure and build
@@ -137,6 +138,7 @@ _setup_build_env() {
 	done
 
 	export DISTRIBUTION_PATCHES="$_patches"
+	export OPENJDK_PATCHES="openjdk.future.patch"
 }
 
 pre_configure() {